"This article is about the American professor. For the Puerto Rican politician, see Gilberto P\u00E9rez Valent\u00EDnGilberto Perez was an American Professor of Film Studies. Perez grew up in Havana, Cuba, where he was exposed to an eclectic international mix of films. He is the son of Federico Gilberto P\u00E9rez y Castillo (1911-1967) and Edenia Mercedes Guillermo y Marrero (1925-2002). He came to the United States in the early 1960s to study engineering."@en . "2015Z"^^ . . "1943Z"^^ . "Perez, Gilberto Alejandro"@en . "American academic" . "Gilberto Alejandro Perez Guillermo"@en . "2015-01-05Z"^^ .